There is something magical about a travel state of mind. There seems to be no past and no future, everything evolves around the present and what you see right now, where you will eat and what the plan for the day is.

You notice how days more often than sometimes just pass you by; you going to work, brushing your teeth, taking a shower and going to sleep, without ever really wondering what it is that you are feeling, what it is that you are actually thinking or what it is that you really want?

My Dearest, The goldfish are gone, my suitcase is packed, the apartment is empty, and ironically, all of the four watches I own have chosen this week to give up. Time is indeed standing still for a bit. We’ve both seen it coming for a while now. It is time for me to go […]

It’s Friday night. The sky has turned into a pinkish orange, and cars pass by with their never-ending honking. It’s one of those Beijing summer nights when the sunset doesn’t free the city of the heat, but instead only makes it more suffocating. I know I should take the subway more often, but I love […]

Being in a culture so different from my own brings back memories from the time I spend in Japan – you can feel so ‘lost in translation’ on your own sometimes, walking by yourself on a big road surrounded by neon lights, karaoke bars, and people selling food that you have never seen before.